[ale] Atlanta OpenSource Unconference?

[Charles Shapiro]

Also cf: Barcamp Atlanta.    Usually takes place in the fall at GTRI.
Includes corporate sponsors.  A very fun event -- I think I'm a vet of
every one so far.

-- CHS


On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 4:48 PM, David Tomaschik
<david at systemoverlord.com> wrote:
> This might be a terrible idea, or a crazy idea, but I'm sure this is a
> group that will tell me that.
>
> During this past weekend at SELF, I began to miss ALF. (For anyone who
> doesn't know, I was one of the organizers of ALF for its short two
> year run.)  I don't have a desire to "compete" with SELF -- they have
> a very successful conference, a great group of organizers, and great
> momentum going -- but I feel like some sort of event in Atlanta (or at
> least the metro area) is only appropriate.
>
> Reading a few things earlier today, an idea came to me for doing an
> open-source conference that is targeted specifically at problems users
> have.  My thinking is this:
>
> 1. Participants submit "questions".
> 2. Questions are cleaned up by organizers, grouped into tracks, and
> placed on site for voting.
> 3. Participants vote on questions.
> 4. Organizers seek speakers willing to address the users questions have.
>
> I know it'll be odd in that the topics don't originate from the
> speakers, but to me, that's the novelty of it.
>
> Concept feedback?  Desire for an Atlanta Linux/Open Source event again?
>
> --
> David Tomaschik, RHCE, LPIC-1
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